Module 1
He created 2 theories of relativity, and was big in quantum mechanics.
Who is Einstein?
This is an educated guess that attempts to explain or answer.
What is a hypothesis?
This graph which uses bars to show comparison among multiple items
What is a bar graph?
Geology is this
What is the study of the earth by the rocks on earth?
This is a natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star.
what is a satellite
This man collected much data in favor of the Heliocentric system, but was forced to recant it
Who is Galileo?
This is an explanation of the natural world that has been thoroughly tested and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.
What is a scientific theory?
This is the horizontal line on a graph.
What is the x-axis?
Paleontology is the study of life's history as revealed by this.
What are the preserved remains of once living things, fossils?
This is the branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere
What is astronomy?
Aristotle wrongly believed in this idea and was disproved by Pasture.
What is spontaneous generation?
This provides a framework to analyze, explain, and answer in a orderly way.
What is the scientific method?
An experiment in which neither party knows the objects identities in the set up? (to reduce bias)
What is a double blind experiment?
Artifacts are these
What are objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers etc.?
These features of the sun can extend millions of miles from the sun and affect the earth's atmosphere.
What are solar flares?
Newton developed these
What are the 3 laws of motion, the law of universal gravity, and calculus?
These are the 3 limitations of science.
What are: science cannot prove anything; science is not 100% settled; science must conform to the scientific method?
The part of the experiment to which all others will be compared.
What is the control (of an experiment)?
What is Archaeology?
Umbra is this
What is the moon's shadow that is cast on earth?
This ancient Egyptian studied medicine
Who was Imhotep?
These are the 6 steps of the scientific method.
What are: Observation and question; background research; construct a hypothesis; test by experiment; analyze and draw a conclusion; and communicate results?
A legend does this
What is identifying patterns, symbols, or colors used in a chart displayed as a list.
Bibliographic test asks this
What is how many years has passed between the time the original was written and the time of the first known copy; also how many copies made by different people exist?
What are the 4 more distant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; which have more mass, larger, less dense, etc.